college basketball
Men
AP Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Duke (63) 12-0 1,623 1
2. Michigan (2) 13-0 1,547 2
3. Arizona 12-0 1,474 3
4. Louisville 12-1 1,434 4
5. Indiana 12-1 1,378 5
6. Kansas 11-1 1,313 6
7. Syracuse 11-1 1,197 9
8. Ohio St. 10-2 1,079 10
9. Minnesota 12-1 978 11
10. Gonzaga 12-1 946 13
11. Illinois 13-1 929 12
12. Missouri 10-2 912 7
13. Florida 9-2 810 14
14. Cincinnati 12-1 761 8
15. Georgetown 10-1 718 15
16. Creighton 12-1 629 16
17. Butler 10-2 591 18
18. Michigan St. 11-2 447 19
19. San Diego St. 11-2 437 17
20. New Mexico 13-1 389 –
21. Notre Dame 12-1 361 21
22. Oklahoma St. 10-1 333 22
23. NC State 10-2 270 23
24. Pittsburgh 12-1 219 24
25. Kansas St. 10-2 149 25
Others receiving votes: UNLV 52, North Carolina 38, Wyoming 28, Temple 21, VCU 15, Kentucky 13, Wichita St. 11, UConn 9, UCLA 6, Maryland 5, Oregon 3.
USA Today/ESPN Top 25
Record Pts Pvs
1. Duke (30) 12-0 774 1
2. Michigan (1) 13-0 744 2
3. Arizona 12-0 692 3
4. Louisville 12-1 678 3
5. Indiana 12-1 654 5
6. Kansas 11-1 643 6
7. Syracuse 11-1 575 7
8. Ohio State 10-2 530 10
9. Florida 9-2 451 11
10. Gonzaga 12-1 439 13
11. Creighton 12-1 436 12
12. Missouri 10-2 420 9
13. Minnesota 12-1 417 14
14. Illinois 13-1 358 15
15. Cincinnati 12-1 352 8
16. Georgetown 10-1 281 18
17. San Diego State 11-2 242 16
18. Michigan State 11-2 228 19
19. Notre Dame 12-1 201 20
20. Butler 10-2 194 21
21. Oklahoma State 10-1 146 22
22. Pittsburgh 12-1 124 24
23. New Mexico 13-1 109 –
24. UNLV 11-2 100 17
25. N.C. State 10-2 95 25
Others receiving votes: VCU 36, Kansas State 35, North Carolina 34, Kentucky 31, Wyoming 30, Wichita State 7, Colorado 6, Maryland 5, UConn 3, UCLA 2, Bucknell 1, Colorado State 1, Temple 1.
EAST
Albany (NY) 57, Brown 50
Boston College 79, Dartmouth 58
Cincinnati 70, Pittsburgh 61
Coll. of Charleston 85, Marist 75
Delaware 73, Rider 66
Fordham 82, Monmouth (NJ) 71
Iona 93, St. Bonaventure 74
Saint Joseph's 63, Drexel 49
Syracuse 96, CCSU 62
Temple 75, Bowling Green 57
SOUTH
Elon 84, Manchester 49
Fairleigh Dickinson 79, Longwood 71
Florida Gulf Coast 68, Kennesaw St. 59
Jacksonville St. 64, UT-Martin 54
Liberty 63, W. Carolina 62
Mercer 70, Stetson 64
NC State 89, UNC Greensboro 68
North Florida 84, Lipscomb 70
Northwestern St. 102, LeTourneau 52
Southern Miss. 89, William Carey 59
MIDWEST
Chicago St. 58, Toledo 53
Indiana 69, Iowa 65
Kansas St. 70, South Dakota 50
Minnesota 76, Michigan St. 63
Nebraska-Omaha 77, UMKC 65
SOUTHWEST
Army 95, Houston Baptist 86
Cent. Arkansas 107, Central Baptist 82
Denver 50, Texas-Arlington 35
Oklahoma 72, Texas A&M-CC 42
San Jose St. 80, UTSA 67
Texas Tech 70, Florida A&M 56
Utah St. 81, Texas St. 57
FAR WEST
Oregon St. 84, Texas-Pan American 59
Women
AP Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. UConn (37) 11-0 997 2
2. Baylor (3) 10-1 948 3
3. Duke 11-0 904 4
4. Stanford 11-1 899 1
5. Notre Dame 10-1 841 5
6. Kentucky 11-1 799 7
7. California 10-1 724 8
8. Maryland 9-2 703 9
9. Penn St. 10-2 664 10
10. Georgia 12-1 600 6
11. Louisville 11-2 563 12
12. Tennessee 9-3 557 13
13. Oklahoma St. 10-0 504 14
14. Purdue 11-2 444 11
15. North Carolina 13-1 403 16
16. UCLA 8-2 350 17
17. Oklahoma 10-2 312 18
18. South Carolina 12-1 309 19
19. Florida St. 11-1 259 21
20. Colorado 11-0 224 23
21. Kansas 9-2 183 22
22. Dayton 12-1 177 15
23. Arkansas 11-1 165 25
24. Texas A&M 9-4 135 24
25. Nebraska 10-3 81 –
Others receiving votes: Miami 52, Iowa St. 50, Ohio St. 36, Vanderbilt 23, West Virginia 22, Syracuse 15, Michigan 13, Michigan St. 12, Iowa 10, Duquesne 9, UTEP 8, Texas 4, Villanova 1.
EAST
Princeton 74, Drexel 59
SOUTH
Belmont 71, SE Missouri 58
E. Kentucky 69, Murray St. 49
Florida Gulf Coast 62, Kennesaw St. 35
Jacksonville 65, N. Kentucky 60
LSU 87, New Orleans 61
Louisville 88, Tennessee St. 25
Memphis 73, Tennessee Tech 64
Southern Miss. 76, William Carey 46
Stetson 74, Mercer 41
UT-Martin 93, Jacksonville St. 63
Wake Forest 77, Nevada 54
MIDWEST
Indiana 81, Ill.-Chicago 59
Northwestern 82, Chicago St. 38
Notre Dame 128, St. Francis (Pa.) 55
Saint Louis 62, Winthrop 53
FAR WEST
Cal St.-Fullerton 61, Columbia 49
Denver 90, Texas-Arlington 52
Pacific 102, CS Bakersfield 60
Santa Clara 70, UNLV 64
UCLA 73, Saint Joseph's 65
UConn 95, Oregon 51
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 12 4 0 .750 557 331
Miami 7 9 0 .438 288 317
Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 344 435
N.Y. Jets 6 10 0 .375 281 375
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 12 4 0 .750 416 331
Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 357 387
Tennessee 6 10 0 .375 330 471
Jacksonville 2 14 0 .125 255 444
AFC NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 398 344
Cincinnati 10 6 0 .625 391 320
Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 336 314
Cleveland 5 11 0 .313 302 368
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 13 3 0 .813 481 289
San Diego 7 9 0 .438 350 350
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 290 443
Kansas City 2 14 0 .125 211 425
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 10 6 0 .625 436 388
N.Y. Giants 9 7 0 .563 429 344
Dallas 8 8 0 .500 376 400
Philadelphia 4 12 0 .250 280 444
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 13 3 0 .813 419 299
Carolina 7 9 0 .438 357 363
New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 461 454
Tampa Bay 7 9 0 .438 389 394
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 433 336
Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 379 348
Chicago 10 6 0 .625 375 277
Detroit 4 12 0 .250 372 437
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 11 4 1 .719 397 273
Seattle 11 5 0 .688 412 245
St. Louis 7 8 1 .469 299 348
Arizona 5 11 0 .313 250 357
Sunday
Pittsburgh 24, Cleveland 10
Chicago 26, Detroit 24
Buffalo 28, N.Y. Jets 9
Cincinnati 23, Baltimore 17
Tennessee 38, Jacksonville 20
Indianapolis 28, Houston 16
N.Y. Giants 42, Philadelphia 7
Tampa Bay 22, Atlanta 17
Carolina 44, New Orleans 38
New England 28, Miami 0
San Diego 24, Oakland 21
Denver 38, Kansas City 3
Minnesota 37, Green Bay 34
San Francisco 27, Arizona 13
Seattle 20, St. Louis 13
Washington 28, Dallas 18
Dallas 0 7 0 11 — 18
Washington 0 7 7 14 — 28
Second Quarter
Dal-Witten 9 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 7:59
Was-Morris 17 run (Forbath kick), 3:28
Third Quarter
Was-Griffin III 10 run (Forbath kick), 3:10
Fourth Quarter
Dal-FG Bailey 48, 14:09
Was-Morris 32 run (Forbath kick), 10:32
Dal-Ogletree 10 pass from Romo (pass from Romo to Harris), 5:50
Was-Morris 1 run (Forbath kick), 1:09
A—82,845.
TEAM STATS
Dal Was
First downs 20 24
Total Net Yards 296 361
Rushes-yards 22-100 42-274
Passing 196 87
Punt Returns 3-78 3-18
Kickoff Returns 5-93 4-109
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-15
Comp-Att-Int 20-37-3 9-18-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-22 1-13
Punts 4-41.5 5-41.4
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 1-6 2-20
Time of Possession 26:34 33:26
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING—Dallas, Murray 17-76, Jones 5-24. Washington, Morris 33-200, Griffin III 6-63, Royster 2-9, Moss 1-2.
PASSING—Dallas, Romo 20-37-3-218. Washington, Griffin III 9-18-0-100.
RECEIVING—Dallas, Bryant 4-71, Witten 7-56, Ogletree 2-25, Harris 1-25, Hanna 3-20, Vickers 1-11, Murray 1-6, Jones 1-4. Washington, Garcon 3-46, Moss 2-22, Hankerson 1-12, Morris 2-12, Paulsen 1-8.
MISSED FIELD GOAL—Washington, Forbath 37.
Playoffs
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 5
Cincinnati at Houston, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)
Minnesota at Green Bay, 8 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Jan. 6
Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Washington, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 12
Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at Denver, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Washington, Seattle or Green Bay at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, Jan. 13
Washington, Seattle or Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Baltimore, Indianapolis or Houston at New England, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 20
AFC, TBA (CBS)
NFC, TBA (FOX)
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 27
At Honolulu
AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (NBC)
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 3
At New Orleans
AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6 p.m. (CBS)
Single-Season Passing Yardage Leaders
Through Dec. 30, 2012
Player, Team Year Yards
Drew Brees, NO 2011 5,476
Tom Brady, NE 2011 5,235
Drew Brees, NO 2012 5,177
Dan Marino, Mia 1984 5,084
Drew Brees, NO 2008 5,069
Matthew Stafford, Det 2011 5,038
Matthew Stafford, Det 2012 4,967
Eli Manning, NYG 2011 4,933
Tony Romo, Dal 2012 4,903
Kurt Warner, StL 2001 4,830
Tom Brady, NE 2012 4,827
glantz-culver line
NCAA Football
Today
Heart of Dallas Bowl
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
Oklahoma St. 18 17 (70) Purdue
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Northwestern +2 1 (53½) Mississippi St.
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
South Carolina 4 5 (47½) Michigan
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Georgia 8 9 (61) Nebraska
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Stanford 6 6 (47½) Wisconsin
Orange Bowl
At Miami
Florida St. 15 13½ (58½) N. Illinois
Tomorrow
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Florida 13½ 14 (45½) Louisville
Thursday
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Oregon 9½ 8½ (75½) Kansas St.
Friday
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Texas A&M 3 3 (72½) Oklahoma
Saturday
Compass Bowl
At Birmingham, Ala.
Mississippi 1½ 3½ (52½) Pittsburgh
Sunday
GoDaddy.com Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
Arkansas St. +1 4 (61½) Kent St.
Monday
BCS National Championship
At Miami
Alabama 7½ 10 (41½) Notre Dame
NFL Playoffs
Saturday
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Houston 5 4½ (43½) Cincinnati
at Green Bay 8 8 (46) Minnesota
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 6½ (46½) Indianapolis
Seattle 1½ 2½ (45½) at Washington
NCAA Basketball
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at Iowa St. 19 Yale
at FAU 8 Hofstra
at Marquette 5 UConn
at Maryland 23 IUPUI
at Clemson 25 The Citadel
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Dallas 3 at Washington
at New York 7 Portland
at Detroit 6½ Sacramento
Atlanta 4 at New Orleans
L.A. Clippers 2 at Denver
at L.A. Lakers 9 Philadelphia
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 21 9 .700 —
Brooklyn 16 14 .533 5
Boston 14 16 .467 7
Philadelphia 14 17 .452 71/2
Toronto 11 20 .355 101/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 21 8 .724 —
Atlanta 19 9 .679 11/2
Orlando 12 19 .387 10
Charlotte 8 23 .258 14
Washington 4 24 .143 161/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 18 13 .581 —
Milwaukee 16 13 .552 1
Chicago 16 13 .552 1
Detroit 11 22 .333 8
Cleveland 7 25 .219 111/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 24 8 .750 —
Memphis 19 9 .679 3
Houston 16 14 .533 7
Dallas 12 19 .387 111/2
New Orleans 7 23 .233 16
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 23 6 .793 —
Denver 17 15 .531 71/2
Minnesota 14 13 .519 8
Portland 15 14 .517 8
Utah 15 17 .469 91/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 25 6 .806 —
Golden State 21 10 .677 4
L.A. Lakers 15 15 .500 91/2
Sacramento 11 19 .367 131/2
Phoenix 11 20 .355 14
Monday
Indiana 88, Memphis 83
Charlotte 91, Chicago 81
Miami 112, Orlando 110, OT
Atlanta at Houston, late
Brooklyn at San Antonio, late
Phoenix at Oklahoma City, late
Sunday
Detroit 96, Milwaukee 94
San Antonio 111, Dallas 86
Sacramento 118, Boston 96
L.A. Clippers 107, Utah 96
Today
Dallas at Washington, 6
Portland at New York, 7:30
Sacramento at Detroit, 7:30
Atlanta at New Orleans, 8
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9
Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 10:30
Wednesday
Portland at Toronto, 7
Sacramento at Cleveland, 7
Washington at Indiana, 7
Chicago at Orlando, 7
Memphis at Boston, 7:30
Dallas at Miami, 7:30
San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8
Brooklyn at Oklahoma City, 8
New Orleans at Houston, 8
Philadelphia at Phoenix, 9
Minnesota at Utah, 9
L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30
Leaders
THROUGH Monday
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Bryant, LAL 30 309 220 903 30.1
Anthony, NYK 24 235 152 684 28.5
Durant, OKC 29 266 241 824 28.4
Harden, HOU 29 222 254 755 26.0
James, MIA 28 285 117 726 25.9
Westbrook, OKC 29 217 147 622 21.4
Aldridge, POR 27 229 112 570 21.1
Wade, MIA 24 185 111 488 20.3
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Varejao, CLE 25 138 223 361 14.4
Randolph, MEM 27 127 208 335 12.4
Howard, LAL 30 111 244 355 11.8
Asik, HOU 30 95 254 349 11.6
Lee, GOL 31 94 247 341 11.0
Hickson, POR 28 116 193 309 11.0
Noah, CHI 28 102 194 296 10.6
Chandler, NYK 30 128 179 307 10.2
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS – Agreed to terms with OF Endy Chavez on a minor league contract.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES – Signed INF Jonathan Johnson, RHP Brett Kennedy and INF Jarod Yakubik to contract extensions. Signed INF Neiko Johnson.
RIVER CITY RASCALS – Signed RHP Brett Harman.
TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS – Placed RHP Kurt Wunderlich on the retired list.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DALLAS MAVERICKS – Recalled G Jared Cunningham from Texas (NBADL).
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES – Signed G-F Lazar Hayward.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS – Fired coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves.
BUFFALO BILLS – Fired coach Chan Gailey. Signed RB Zach Brown, DE Corbin Bryant, DT Jarron Gilbert, OT Adam Grant and LB Brian Smith to reserve/future contracts.
CHICAGO BEARS – Fired coach Lovie Smith.
CLEVELAND BROWNS – Fired general manager Tom Heckert and coach Pat Shurmur.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS – Fired general manager Gene Smith.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – Fired coach Romeo Crennel. Announced the retirement of OL Ryan Lilja.
NEW YORK JETS – Fired general manager Mike Tannenbaum. Signed LB JoJo Dickson, DT Tevita Finau, S Jaiquawn Jarrett, OT Dennis Landolt, WR Royce Pollard, WR Titus Ryan, QB Matt Simms and LB Jacquies Smith to reserve/future contracts.
OAKLAND RAIDERS – Fired offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, special teams coordinator Steve Hoffman, offensive line coach Frank Pollack and linbeackers coach Johnny Holland.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – Fired coach Andy Reid.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS – Fired coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith.
TENNESSEE TITANS – Fired chief operating officer Mike Reinfeldt.
Canadian Football League
TORONTO ARGONAUTS – Signed G Joe Eppele to a contract extension through the 2014 season.
HOCKEY
ECHL
ECHL – Suspended Bakersfield D Tyson Gimblett an additional game, Toledo D Olivier Dame-Malka three games and fined him, and Cincinnati F Anthony Luciani, undisclosed amounts for their actions in recent games.
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS – Traded D Olivier Dame-Malka to Toledo for F Max Campbell and D Dale Warkentin.
COLLEGE
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE – Announced Boise State has backed out on a commitment to join the Big East and will remain a member of the Mountain West.
NEVADA – Announced RB Stefphon Jefferson will enter the NFL draft.
RUTGERS – Announced CB Logan Ryan will enter the NFL draft.
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Reading 23 7 1 1 48 115 87
Elmira 15 14 1 2 33 104 101
Trenton 14 13 2 2 32 96 100
Wheeling 13 12 2 4 32 89 99
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Cincinnati 19 9 2 0 40 96 81
Toledo 17 13 0 2 36 105 92
Fort Wayne 16 13 1 1 34 94 103
Kalamazoo 12 15 2 1 27 87 94
Evansville 11 19 0 3 25 89 123
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Gwinnett 21 11 1 0 43 94 79
Greenville 20 13 2 1 43 118 115
Florida 14 12 2 4 34 113 122
S. Carolina 15 16 1 3 34 97 102
Orlando 14 15 2 2 32 92 102
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Alaska 25 8 0 0 50 115 83
Idaho 20 7 1 3 44 121 87
Colorado 16 13 1 2 35 116 107
Utah 12 11 2 3 29 93 113
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Ontario 21 7 1 1 44 122 87
Stockton 17 9 4 3 41 117 105
Las Vegas 13 13 1 3 30 82 89
San Francisco 12 17 1 3 28 96 129
Bakersfield 7 23 1 2 17 79 130
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
MONDAY
Toledo at Fort Wayne, late
Elmira 3, Wheeling 2
Cincinnati at Kalamazoo, late
Stockton at Utah, late
Gwinnett at Evansville, late
Colorado at Alaska, late
SUNDAY
Idaho 3, Las Vegas 2
TODAY
Ontario at Las Vegas, 5:05
WEDNESDAY
Gwinnett at Fort Wayne, 7:30
Stockton at Utah, 9:05
Idaho at Bakersfield, 10
Ontario at Las Vegas, 10:05
Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Sportlight
Jan. 1
1934–Columbia upsets Stanford 7-0 in the Rose Bowl when Al Barabas scores in the third quarter on a 17-yard hidden-ball play.
1935–Bucknell beats Miami 26-0 in the first Orange Bowl.
1991–Georgia Tech routs Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl to finish as college football's only unbeaten team (11-0-1).
1992–Miami beats Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl, the first shutout of the Cornhuskers since 1973, and finishes with a 12-0 record.
1993–No. 2 Alabama wins its first national championship in 13 years and deprives Miami of its fifth title as the Crimson Tide defense humbles the No. 1 Hurricanes 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl.
1993–Florida State beats Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl to set an NCAA record by winning eight consecutive bowl games.
Bowl schedule
Monday
Music City Bowl
NC State 0 14 0 10 – 24
Vanderbilt 7 21 3 7 – 38
Van–Boyd 5 pass from Rodgers (Spear kick), 9:51.
Van–Stacy 6 run (Fowler kick), 10:08.
NCSt–Creecy 1 run (Sade kick), 6:18.
Van–Tate 7 run (Spear kick), 3:47.
NCSt–Palmer 94 kickoff return (Sade kick), 3:35.
Van–Matthews 18 pass from Rodgers (Fowler kick), :41.
Van–FG Spear 30, 9:39.
NCSt–FG Sade 24, 14:56.
Van–Rodgers 15 run (Spear kick), 5:11.
NCSt–Smith 19 pass from Glennon (Sade kick), 2:06.
A–55,801..
TEAM STATS
NCSt Van
First downs 24 17
Rushes-yards 25-41 41-117
Passing 383 108
Comp-Att-Int 35-53-3 16-27-0
Return Yards 5 77
Punts-Avg. 3-30.3 5-46.2
Fumbles-Lost 6-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 9-90 2-10
Time of Possession 27:04 32:56
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING–NC State, Creecy 9-43, Thornton 12-39, Glennon 3-(minus 20), Team 1-(minus 21). Vanderbilt, Stacy 25-107, Tate 9-14, Rodgers 4-6, Kimbrow 1-(minus 2), Matthews 1-(minus 4), Team 1-(minus 4).
PASSING–NC State, Glennon 35-53-3-383. Vanderbilt, Rodgers 16-25-0-108, Carta-Samuels 0-1-0-0, Stacy 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING–NC State, Palmer 8-111, Creecy 6-50, Thornton 5-41,
Smith 3-50, Payton 3-37, Carter 3-34, Talbert 3-29, Watson 2-21, Underwood 1-5, Winkles 1-5. Vanderbilt, Matthews 7-61, Boyd 4-18, Tate 2-10, Scheu 2-7, Stacy 1-12.
Sun Bowl
Southern Cal 0 7 0 0 – 7
Georgia Tech 0 7 7 7 – 21
GaT–Sims 3 pass from Lee (Tanner kick), 10:41.
USC–Redd 9 pass from Wittek (Heidari kick), :50.
GaT–Washington 1 run (Tanner kick), 12:23.
GaT–O.Smith 17 pass from Washington (Tanner kick), 13:11.
A–47,922..
TEAM STATS
USC GaT
First downs 10 18
Rushes-yards 22-98 63-294
Passing 107 75
Comp-Att-Int 14-37-3 5-10-1
Return Yards 71 85
Punts-Avg. 8-44.0 7-40.4
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 2-10 8-88
Time of Possession 23:35 36:25
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING–Southern Cal, Redd 17-88, Wittek 1-5, McNeal 3-5, Lee 1-0. Georgia Tech, Sims 17-99, Laskey 6-60, Lee 10-52, Washington 16-46, Bostic 2-14, Godhigh 3-13, O.Smith 4-9, Zenon 2-7, Days 1-(minus 2), Team 2-(minus 4).
PASSING–Southern Cal, Wittek 14-37-3-107. Georgia Tech, Washington 3-5-0-49, Lee 2-5-1-26.
RECEIVING–Southern Cal, Lee 6-41, R.Woods 3-33, Redd 3-14, Grimble 2-19. Georgia Tech, Je.Moore 1-27, C.Jackson 1-23, O.Smith 1-17, Bostic 1-5, Sims 1-3.
Liberty Bowl
Iowa St. 17 0 0 0 – 17
Tulsa 7 14 7 3 – 31
ISU–FG Arceo 33, 10:47.
ISU–Reeves 31 interception return (Arceo kick), 7:44.
Tlsa–Singleton 2 run (Schwarz kick), 4:47.
ISU–Brun 69 pass from S.Richardson (Arceo kick), 3:46.
Tlsa–Green 8 run (Schwarz kick), 14:33.
Tlsa–Singleton 2 run (Schwarz kick), 11:10.
Tlsa–Singleton 1 run (Schwarz kick), 1:50.
Tlsa–FG Schwarz 40, 12:49.
A–53,687..
TEAM STATS
ISU Tlsa
First downs 9 23
Rushes-yards 28-98 60-317
Passing 170 93
Comp-Att-Int 14-28-2 11-23-1
Return Yards 41 0
Punts-Avg. 8-35.8 8-36.4
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0
Penalties-Yards 9-84 9-73
Time of Possession 24:28 35:32
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING–Iowa St., S.Richardson 10-46, J.White 10-36, Woody 2-8, Jantz 4-6, Gary 1-2, Horne 1-0. Tulsa, Watts 25-149, Douglas 8-79, Green 10-58, Singleton 15-35, Team 2-(minus 4)..
PASSING–Iowa St., S.Richardson 10-21-1-129, Jantz 4-7-1-41. Tulsa, Green 11-23-1-93..
RECEIVING–Iowa St., Brun 4-102, Lenz 2-29, J.West 2-12, J.White 2-(minus 2), Tiller 1-16, Young 1-8, Horne 1-5, Nealy 1-0. Tulsa, Watts 4-17, Garrett 3-19, T.Roberson 2-35, Carter 1-19, James 1-3.
Chick-fil-A Bowl
At Atlanta
LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Today
Heart of Dallas Bowl
At Dallas
Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), Noon (ESPNU)
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3), Noon (ESPN2)
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Orange Bowl
At Miami
Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Jan. 2
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Jan. 3
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Jan. 4
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)
Saturday, Jan. 5
BBVA Compass Bowl
At Birmingham, Ala.
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Jan. 6
GoDaddy.com Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 7
BCS National Championship
At Miami
Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
high school basketball
BOYS
Thursday
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Ottawa Hills at Delta
Other Northwest Ohio
North Central at Fayette
Hilltop at Pettisville
Holgate at Tinora
Friday
City League
Bryan at Bowsher
Start at Wauseon
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Central Catholic at Fremont Ross
St. John's at Clay
Findlay at St. Francis
Whitmer at Lima Senior
Northern Lakes League
Bowling Green at Anthony Wayne
Napoleon at Maumee
Perrysburg at Northview
Springfield at Southview
Northern Buckeye Conf.
Elmwood at Eastwood
Woodmore at Fostoria
Rossford at Genoa
Lake at Otsego
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Liberty Center at Paulding
Miller City at Patrick Henry
Other Northwest Ohio
Fremont St. Joseph at Tiffin Calvert
Fostoria St. Wendelin at Mohawk
Hopewell-Loudon at Lakota
Seneca East at North Baltimore
Arcadia at Leipsic
Hardin Northern at Liberty-Benton
Sandusky Perkins at Oak Harbor
Clyde at Port Clinton
Van Buren at Cory-Rawson
Southeast Michigan
Erie Mason at Summerfield
GIRLS
Thursday
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Central Catholic at Whitmer
Findlay at Clay
Fremont Ross at St. Ursula
Notre Dame at Lima Senior
.Northern Buckeye Conf.
Eastwood at Fostoria
Otsego at Genoa
Lake at Woodmore
Rossford at Elmwood
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Toledo Christian at Evergreen
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Tinora at Liberty Center
Other Northwest Ohio
North Baltimore at Fremont St. Joseph
Lakota at Fostoria St. Wendelin
Arcadia at Van Buren
Vanlue at Liberty-Benton
Southeast Michigan
Jefferson at Erie Mason
Friday
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Bowling Green at Anthony Wayne
Napoleon at Maumee
Perrysburg at Northview
Springfield at Southview
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Northwood at Cardinal Stritch
Danbury at Maumee Valley
Gibsonburg at Ottawa Hills
Emmanuel Christian at Toledo Christian
Other Northwest Ohio
Fayette at North Central
Pettisville at Hilltop
Tinora at Holgate
Southeast Michigan
Summerfield at Dundee
Saturday
City League
Bowsher at Lake Ridge Academy
Fremont Ross at Scott
Southview at Start
Waite at Dublin Coffman
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Bryan at Clay
Findlay at Lima Shawnee
Lima Senior at Elida
Bedford at Whitmer
Northern Buckeye Conf.
Lakota at Eastwood
Hopewell-Loudon at Fostoria
Elmwood at Van Buren
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Danbury at Cardinal Stritch
Emmanuel Christian at Maumee Valley
Northwood at Gibsonburg
Ottawa Hills at Toledo Christian
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Ottawa-Glandorf at Wauseon
Other Northwest Ohio
Fostoria St. Wendelin at Arcadia
Ridgemont at North Baltimore
Liberty-Benton at Ada
Port Clinton at Oak Harbor
Tennis
Shenzhen Gemdale Open
Shenzhen, China
Singles
First Round
Ayumi Morita, Japan, d. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-4.
Bojana Jovanovski (8), Serbia, d. Alexandra Cadantu, Romania, 6-3, 6-1.
Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, d. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-1, 6-3.
Peng Shuai (6), China, d. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-4, 6-0.
Julia Cohen, United States, d. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 0-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5.
Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Marion Bartoli (2), France, d. Chan Wing-yau, Hong Kong, 6-1, 6-0.
Klara Zakopalova (5), Czech Republic, d. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-1.
Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, d. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 7-5.
Duan Ying-Ying, China, d. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Brisbane International
Monday
Brisbane, Australia
Singles
Men
First Round
Florian Mayer (6), Germany, d. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-4, 6-4.
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, d. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.
Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, d. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 7-5, 6-2.
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, d. Benjamin Mitchell, Australia, 6-4, 6-4.
Women
First Round
Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, d. Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
Sabine Lisicki, Germany, d. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.
Sara Errani (5), Italy, d. Olga Puchkova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3.
Alize Cornet, France, d. Bojana Bobusic, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, d. Caroline Wozniacki (8), Denmark, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1).
Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, d. Olivia Rogowska, Poland, 6-2, 6-3.
Sloane Stephens, United States, d. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3.
Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, d. Sam Stosur (7), Australia, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Saturday
City League
Rogers at St. Francis
Scott at Detroit Consortium
Start at Bowling Green
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Bedford at Whitmer
Findlay at Defiance
Northern Lakes League
Wauseon at Maumee
Northern Buckeye Conf.
Elmwood at Hopewell-Loudon
Bellevue at Genoa
Old Fort at Lake
Liberty Center at Otsego
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Danbury at Cardinal Stritch
Emmanuel Christian at Maumee Valley
Northwood at Gibsonburg
Ottawa Hills at Toledo Christian
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Archbold at Fairview
Bryan at Tinora
Edgerton at Delta
Ayersville at Montpelier
Patrick Henry at Pettisvlle
Swanton at North Central
Other Northwest Ohio
Sandusky St. Mary at Fremont St. Joseph
Ridgemont at North Baltimore
Hicksville at Fayette
Holgate at Mohawk
Elida at Liberty-Benton
Tiffin Calvert at Van Buren